I’m going out to play, Please, will you come too? Everything is better When I do it with you! Two adorable monkeys laugh, play, and look out for each other in this sweet and uplifting picture book. With eye-catching, bright artwork, adorable characters, and simple, bouncy text, Friends Forever  is suffused with Mary Murphy’s trademark playful humor and heart. “Two adorable monkeys laugh, play and look out for each other in this sweet and uplifting picture book.” ― The Bookseller “Original, charming, delightful, and a thoroughly fun read from start to finish...”  ― The Midwest Book Review “A seemingly simple tale with hidden depths on the importance of good friends.” ― The Irish Examiner “A fun and reassuring read.” ― INIS “a pitch-perfect story about friendship for very young children, bursting with vibrancy and energy.” ― ReadingZone ‘Cracking Easter Reads’ – ‘Ideal for reading aloud […] the artwork is eye-catching and will charm and delight young children.’ ― The Irish Independent Mary Murphy is a Dublin-based author-illustrator of over 40 books; from board books for babies to fiction for children. With an advanced diploma in Visual Communications, Mary harnesses the power of pictures and words to develop both the eyesight and speech of babies and children as they grow. Her first book was written and published in 1997. Her ever-popular debut is all about a young penguin and older penguin who list the things they like to do together. It won the Parenting Magazine Gold Medal. Since then, she has gone on to receive a string of starred reviews and accolades in the USA, UK, and Ireland for her work, which has also been adapted for TV. In Children’s Books Ireland’s 2018 campaign to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage in Ireland, Mary was one of twenty ‘Bold Girls’ celebrated for having made ‘an exceptional contribution to the canon of Irish children’s literature’.